31 items you should remove from your resume immediately

As we have discussed previously, hiring managers receive hundreds of resumes for each position they are trying to fill. They spend six to ten seconds making the fit/no fit decision. That fact makes it imperative that you streamline your resume and eliminate useless information. Many of us want to highlight many of our experiences and histories to impress the reviewer. Unfortunately, these items are not what they want to see. Jaquelyn Smith and Rachel Gillet of Business Insider have some advice.

Items not to be included:

An objective

Irrelevant work experiences

Personal stuff

Your hobbies

Blatant lies

Your age

Too much text

Time off

References

Inconsistent formatting

Personal pronouns

Present tense for a past job

A less than professional email address

Any unnecessary, obvious words

Headers, footers, tables, images, or charts

Your current business contact information

Your boss’ name

Company -specific jargon

Social media URL’s that are not related to the targeted position

More than 15 years of experience

Salary information

Outdated fonts

Fancy fonts

Annoying buzzwords

Reasons you left your company or position

Your GPA

An explanation of why you want the job

A photo of yourself

Opinions not facts

Short-term employment

Generic explanations of accomplishments

While many of these seem apparent, it is amazing how many people still include extraneous, useless information on their resume. For an excellent expansion of these thoughts see the article at BusinesInsider.com.

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